What is the ruling on shaking hands with non-mahram women?
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The Shaykh : Or whatever is similar to that, let them describe him as they please. As long as he is upon what pleases Allah, he does not care about anyone. Do you know what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was described as?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Fine, madness, sorcery, the poet, the soothsayer, every description and the liar. Did this prevent him from speaking the truth? I ask you? No, rather this is what multiplies the reward for a person, where he is rewarded for leaving the forbidden from one angle and for the pain he suffers from another angle. And how great is the danger for those who harm those who hold fast to the religion, because Allah the Exalted says:[Al-Ahzab 33:58], let them say what they please, and the truth is victorious, even if it is in the long run. Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) says in al-Nuniyyah:
"And the truth is victorious and tested, so *** do not be amazed, for this is the Sunnah of the Most Merciful".
Did you understand? Fine, then do not shake hands, and declare that this is forbidden, and say, "O people, if you are in doubt, these are the scholars with you."
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Fine, madness, sorcery, the poet, the soothsayer, every description and the liar. Did this prevent him from speaking the truth? I ask you? No, rather this is what multiplies the reward for a person, where he is rewarded for leaving the forbidden from one angle and for the pain he suffers from another angle. And how great is the danger for those who harm those who hold fast to the religion, because Allah the Exalted says:
And those who harm believing men and believing women for [something] other than what they have earned have certainly born upon themselves a slander and manifest sin.
والذين يؤذون المؤمنين والمؤمنات بغير ما اكتسبوا فقد احتملوا بهتانا وإثما مبينا"And the truth is victorious and tested, so *** do not be amazed, for this is the Sunnah of the Most Merciful".
Did you understand? Fine, then do not shake hands, and declare that this is forbidden, and say, "O people, if you are in doubt, these are the scholars with you."